Title: Orgánico (Organic)
Medium: Original Art Mixed Media on Black Paper (Ink, Pencil and Thread)
Size: 30" x 22"
Year: 2019
Life is a circle; we move forward and suddenly we find ourselves back at the beginning. As time passes, we long for simple, organic, and natural things. Each experience is a germinating seed. In the end, we can always mend the story. Ely Lugo
Healing Maps "Healing Maps" is the name of a series of artworks that I can describe as a work of connection between something I feel flowing through me. I am the vessel, the channel through which that idea is transmitted. The process of creating these pieces is a spontaneous ritual of balance. I work within a circle as a symbol of wholeness and infinity. Then, I seek to break the order within the circle without using conventional patterns or techniques. I simply flow with the shapes and/or textures as I feel and distance myself from the ego. I let the piece itself guide me. It is rather a work that reflects the natural movement between silence, coherence, and chaos.
Sometimes I use only neutral colors, other times bright colors, and I can add materials that inspire me and are available at the moment. But always following that inner impulse. Afterward, like any other viewer, I step back from the piece to observe the result and create my own story.
(This is one of two pieces of art that I had the great opportunity to donate for the fundraiser that was used for the adoption and training of a Service Dog for a teenager with disabilities and raffled off in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on August 16, 2019. What is art if we don't serve through it?)